Credit unions offer alternative to payday lenders

Image caption, Credit unions urge members to save rather than just borrow
  • Author, Kevin Peachey
  • Role, Personal finance reporter, 成人快手 News

The government wants to double the membership of credit unions to challenge the growth of the payday lending sector.

Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Church could do more to help non-profit lenders to compete with payday firms.

The Most Rev Justin Welby wants to see skills of members of the congregation, as well as Church premises, used to assist the advance of credit unions.

So how do these institutions work, and how can people borrow from them?